Indo–Trinidadians and Tobagonians

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Indo–Trinidadians and Tobagonians or Trinidadian and Tobagonian Indians are people from Trinidad and Tobago whose ancestors are of Indian origin that came from India and the wider subcontinent beginning in 1845 during the period of British colonial rule and Indian indentureship. Indo–Trinidadians and Tobagonians are a subgroup of Indo-Caribbean people, which is a subgroup of the wider Indian diaspora. Most Indo-Trinidadians can trace their ancestry back to the Hindi Belt of North India, especially the Bhojpur region of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and Jharkhand and the Awadh region of Uttar Pradesh, located in the Indo-Gangetic Plain of the Ganga and Yamuna rivers. However, some Indo-Trinidadians may trace their ancestry to other parts of South Asia, notably South India, especially Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. Indians first arrived in Trinidad and Tobago as indentured labourers from India through the Indian indenture system from 1845 to 1917. Some Indians and other South Asians, along with their...

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